Score or bulletin board



June 19, 1923. 1,459,341

' P. c. OSCANYAN SCORE OR BULLETIN BOARD Original Filed Sept. 27 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l c F BOSTON 23 NIE HOF'F June 19, 1923. 1,459,341

P. c. OSCANYAN SCORE OR BULLETIN BOARD Original Filed Sept. 27. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 61m: new

Patented June 19, 1923.

entree stars PAUL (J. oscanrarr, or soeo'rn, new JERSEY, essrenoa rostraa BALL I'LAYER' 1,459,341 jarsar orrics.

COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCORE 03 BULLETIN BOARD.

Application filed September 27. 1921, Serial No. 503,498. Renewed October 19, 1922. Serial No. 595,679.

This invention relates to improvements in score or bulletin boards and more particularly to such as are adapted for use to represent the plays of a game of base ball,-my present invention being designed as improvements upon the construction disclosed in Patent No. 1,821,940 granted to me on the 18th day of November 1919.

One object of my present invention is to improve the construction of the runner members, so that portions of the same containing player designations may be easily applied to the movable parts of said members and to so construct the devices that the parts which carry the player designations shall be revolubly mounted whereby they may be turned step-by-step as the runner advances from base to base and always present the player designation or number in a proper horizontal position at the bases and thus permit the spectators readily and accurately to read the same.

i A further object is to simplify and improve the ball control devices; to cheapen the cost of construction of the same, and. to.

render the accurate assembling of said ball control devices by the user, easy and certain.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the:

invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. 7 y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a bulletin board embodying my improvements. Figure 2 is a view showing several runner-members and operating means therefor. Figure 3 is a front view of one of the runner members with y the parts assembled in their operative positions, and Figure 4 is aview illustrating the ball control devices, and Figure'5 is a sectional view showing the name card racks.

A suitable framework is represented at 1 resenting a base ball field. The diamond of the field is formed by providing elongated openings 3 representing the runways between bases, and the bases are represented at 4:.

A plurality of runner members 5 may be employed and these radiate from a central shaft 6. Manually operable mechanism, such as shown at 7 may be employed for operat ing the runner members as fully explained and illustrated in my former patent' hereinbefore identified.

Each runner member 5 comprises three parts 5, 5 and 5. The part 5 is connected with the operating mechanism and the part 5* carrying the part 5 is demountably connected with the part 5. Theseveral parts of a runner member are preferably made of metal and the part 5 is provided with a guide wing 8 to overlie the arm or part 5 and with a guideflange 9"to engage the latter. The arm or part. 5 may be provided at its free end with a lug 10 to be engaged by the wing 8 for limiting outward movement of the runner member part 5". The part 5 of each runner member may be made rectangular and is pivotally connected at its center with the forward end portion. of the part 5",-said part 5 being provided at its several corners with outwardly projecting fingers 11. At respective sides of each of the bases and outside of the diamond, fixed pins 12 are located. I 7

From the construction and arrangement of-pa'rts as above described, it will'be seen that as a runner member advances and approaches one of the bases, one finger of the part 5 will engage one of the fixed pins 12 and turn said part 5 so that the number or player designation 13 thereon will become so disposed when the baseshall have been reached that it will be in a horizontal position easily to be read by the audience. As a runner member advances the part 5? will again'be turned by engagement with a fixed pin 12 and as it approaches the next base it will be again turned in a similar manner so that when the runner member reaches this b'ase,;the player designation will have become disposed in position to be easilyread by the spectators and so on until the circuit of bases shall have been completed.

The demountable portions of each runner -member (consisting of the parts ,5" and 5) are intendedtobe placed in racks 14- prodevices now to be described may be em ployed: At respective side portions of the board, upper and lower cross-bars 15-16 are located and spaced apart one above'the other. Said cross-bars being located at right angles to the face of the board and connected by vertical guide-rods 17. Each "cross-bar carries at its respective ends, pulleys 1819- and the vertical rods 17 serve as guides for arms 20 which are made rigid with weights 21,each of said weights being also guided'by one or the vertical rods of each pair.

The ball member 22 which is exposed to the view of the audience. has connected thereto, two cords 23-423 which extend in opposite directions from said ball member and after passing over the respective pulleys 18l8 are extended downwardly and connected with the free end portions of the respective weight arms 20--20. The ball control member 24: which is located at the back of the board is provided with a control stick 25 and said control ball or the stick 25 has connected therewith two cords 27-27which extend therefrom in opposite directions and after passing over the respective pulleys 19-19, extend downwardly and are connected with the weights 21. Secured to the ball member 22 is a tension cord 28 which extends downwardly from said ball member and after passing about pulleys '29,

30 and 31, is provided at its depending end v with a comparatively light weight 32. A tension cord 33 is also connected with the ball'controlling member 24: or its stick.25

and after passing about pulleys 34, 85 and '36, its depending end has a weight 37 (somewhat larger than the weight 82) attached thereto.

It is apparent that; by manually moving the ballcontrol member 2a, the ball member 22 will be correspondingly moved and thus the movements of the ballon the field may be accurately represented.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: v

1. A runner member for a score board comprising a part mounted on the board,

tobe moved, a member demountably connected With said first mentioned member,

and'a member mountedto turn on the demountable member.

2. A runner member for a score board comprising a part mounted on the board, to be moved, a member demountably connected with said first mentioned member, a member mounted to turn on the demountable member, and a designation on the revoluble member representing a particular player. j

3. The combination with a score board having a base ball diamond indicated thereon, and fixed pins located at respective sides of each of the bases and outside of the diamond, of a runner member comprising an arm or part'mounted on the board, to'be turned, a demountable member removably connected with said arm or member, xanda member mounted on sald demountablememadapted to contain the name cards of players and provided with 'arepresentationof a base ball diamond, of a runner member comprising an arm o part mounted on the board, to turn, a demountable:part'carrying a revoluble part having a player designation thereon, means on the :boardfor causing said revoluble part to turn as a runner member approaches a base, andmeans onthe board forsupportingithe demountable runner member parts behind said name cards with the parts containing the runner designations exposed to the spectators.

5. The combination with a game board representing a base ball field, of cross bars near each side portion of the board and spaced, apart one above another, vertical guide rods connecting the superimposed cross bars of the respective pairs, a ball member in front of'the' boar'd, a'ball'control member behind the board, pulleys at respective ends of each cross-bar, a weight at eachside portion of the board, each-weight provided with'an .arm guided by the vertical rods, cords attached tosaid ball member and extending in opposite directions therefrom, said cords passing over pulleys of the respective'upper cross bars, the free end of said cords attached to the-weight arms, cor'ds attached to the ball control member andextending in opposite directions therefromand over pulleys on the upper cross bars,said-last mentioned cords extending downwardly' from said last mentioned pulleys and connected w th said weights,-and means whereby said control ball member may be moved manually to effect movements of the ball member.

6. In a bulletin board, the combination of a ball member, a control member, a plurality of cross-head counterweights, and cords connecting said ball member and control member with said counterweights, whereby the movements of the ball member will be controlled by vertical movement of the cross-head counterweights.

7. In a bulletin board, the combination of a ball member having a plurality of angularly disposed flexible supports, a con trol member having a plurality of angularly disposed flexible supports, and two counterweights, each having flexible supports for both the ball member and control member,

connected therewith.

8. The combination of a score board representing a baseball field and having openings between bases, a plurality of radial runner members movable behind the board, each including an active part to be visible through said openings by the spectators, the active part of each runner member being removable at the back of the board, whereby it may be excluded from view of the operator as well as the spectators. V p

9. The combination with a score board having openings representing bases, of a runner member movable past said bases, each runner member including a loosely mounted member having a designation thereon denoting a particular playenand means whereby the member having the designasition to dispose said designation in avertical position at each of the bases.

10. In a score board, the combination with ball member and a control member, of

means for supporting said members,said means comprising vertlcally movable Weights and flexible devices connected wlthsaid ball and control members and connected directly with the respective vertically mov able weights, and means over which said flexibledevlces pass. 1

11. In a score board, the combinatlon with a ball member and a control member, of-

means for supporting said members, said means comprislng vertically movable weights and flexible devices connected with vtion thereon will be caused to assume a pospecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL c. OSCANYAN. WVitnesses Lno O. BAUM, P. J. BURKE. 

